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News Afghanistan’s Last Jews Were Freed From Prison Because They Were So Annoying
(JTA) — As the old saying sort of goes, two Jews, three opinions. Add one headache for the Taliban. Meet Zabulon Simentov, 66, who is believed to be the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan. Emran Feroz recently profiled Simentov for Foreign Policy and uncovered some incredible stories about the feisty Afghan — including that the…
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Fast Forward 70-Year-Old German Man Beaten In Anti-Semitic Attack
BERLIN (JTA) – A 70-year-old man was beaten in Berlin in what news reports have described as an anti-Semitic incident. The victim suffered wounds to his head and chin in the Monday afternoon attack, which started with a verbal assault featuring anti-Semitic insults. He lost his balance and fell while trying to defend himself. The…
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Fast Forward U. Of Illinois Student Government Resolution: Anti-Zionism Isn’t Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — The University of Illinois student government passed a resolution that distinguishes anti-Semitism from anti-Zionism. The resolution, which passed in a 29-4 vote, criticizes Chancellor Robert Jones for having said a presentation to dorm advisers on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians was anti-Semitic. Many pro-Israel and Jewish students who were critical of the…
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Fast Forward Belgium’s First Female Prime Minister Is Jewish
(JTA) — Sophie Wilmes is the first woman and the first Jewish person to become the prime minister of Belgium. Wilmes, a mother of four from the Brussels region, replaced Charles Michel on Sunday in the top post. The centrist politician will head a caretaker government during negotiations on the formation of a coalition, which…
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Fast Forward Seattle Holocaust Center Vandalized With White Supremacist Graffiti
(JTA) — The Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle was vandalized with what it said was white supremacist graffiti. The graffiti was discovered on Wednesday, the center said in a letter released the following day. The spray-painted graffiti, described as “obscure white supremacist symbols,” was discovered as a teachers seminar was taking place, the center…
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Fast Forward Belgian Parade’s Antisemitic Float Was Only Accidentally Racist, Government Says
(JTA) — The Belgian state’s watchdog on racism has come out with its verdict on a parade float from earlier this year that was slammed as anti-Semitic: It was anti-Semitic, but its creators were not intentionally racist. The report released Thursday by the Inter-Federal Equal Opportunities Center, or UNIA, recommends clearing the Aalst float creators of…
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Fast Forward ICE Officer Who Drove Truck Into Jewish Protesters Won’t Be Charged
(JTA) — A grand jury declined to indict a former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who drove his truck into a row of Jewish protesters at an ICE detention center. Capt. Thomas Woodworth resigned his position days after the August incident at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, where protesters were…
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Fast Forward Teen Arrested For Threatening Jewish Boy Who Was Forced To Kiss Muslim’s Shoe
(JTA) — A teenage boy in Victoria, Australia who allegedly sent threatening messages to a Jewish boy who had been forced to kiss the shoe of a Muslim student and to his mother has been charged for the threats. The boy, 16, was arrested by Victoria police and charged with stalking, harassing and threatening to…
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